Regular Board Meeting April 21, 2026

001Mhm. >> Good evening, everybody. The time is 6:00. We're going to go ahead and start the the regular the regular board meeting for today, April 21st, 2026. We'll start with a roll call. Oscar Morones. Wilbur Cruz. Noe Zarate. Anita Franco. Michael Odiegas. We have a quorum. Pledge of allegiance to the flag, followed by a moment of silence. Thank you. Public comment? No no comment. Okay. Item five, student staff recognition. Starting with star students, Carrizo Springs High School. Good afternoon or good evening. Thank you, board, for allowing us to do the superintendent Ms. Pearson for allowing us to recognize our staff and students. We'll start with our star student, Ms. Alejandra Chapa, who is a Minnie Stevens Piper Scholarship recipient. I guess I'll bring the mic. Congratulations. Let me hide the mic. The gift award is

002a very highly competitive scholarship and we're very proud of Ms. Chapa. You have to go through multiple interviews interviews, multiple, to even qualify for this scholarship and it it is very highly selective and so it is quite an accomplishment that Ms. Chapa received it is uh and to represent Carrizo Springs ISD so well. Congratulations, Ms. Chapa. We're so proud of you. Okay, for Carrizo Springs High School above and beyond staff member I'm going to start off with Matias Orozco. Giving the department heads a poll her name was was um the number one name that came up. So, thank you Miss Orozco for everything you're doing. Thank you for getting busy and doing what you're supposed to be doing. Thank you. Also, there's been a lot of change at Carrizo Springs High School and our department

003heads have led the way and I do want to um recognize our department chairs for being that that group of of teachers or leaders to pave the way or to lead the way for us as we make all these changes. Miss Herrera. I think Miss Gallegos is still with cheer. Miss Chaires. Miss Tobias. Miss Taylor. Sorry. And Miss Najera. She's in the hallway. Miss Najera's in the hallway. Thank you for everything that you guys do. Thank you for taking the lead. I know there's changes coming again next year and and we're moving forward. We're moving fast. Thank you for being that voice to the department and all that. Thank you all for everything. Hello. Oh, good evening. Now to welcome our shining stars, uh our Special Olympics. WOO! >> CAN WE HAVE OUR TEACHERS? YOU

004HAVE ONE FOLLOWING YOU. DO you want to Mr. De Leon, do you want to Oh. Or you want to Yes, we can call them out. Come on. Y'all can all come up. This is CSE. Uh Leslie De Leon. And she looks beautiful. Oh, she's the only one that came for CSE? Everyone is CSI, the rest of them? Okay, CSI Junior High, come on up. CSI. For CSI today, we have present Antonio Cruz. And today, we have present Jayden Alvarado. And my pride and joy for high school are Elijah Campirano, Janaiah Flores, Cali Trujillo, and Gisela Salas coming to us from Crystal City. Gisela's a senior and will no longer be here next year. Thank you so much. And we miss Junior High, we have miss uh Lonnie Zuleika, is that correct? Or Let me see.

005Jocelyn Zuleika. I'm sorry, Mia. Congratulations. And I want to say um look how beautiful the girls look and and the guys most or most of them are wearing our little uniforms, the jackets that they received. Oh, you want to Come here, Mia. I'm going to show you off. Yes, you. Okay, turn around. This is our little outfit. Look that way. This is our outfit that every student received. So, I'm kind of glad very happy that she's wearing it because every single student that went to Special Olympics and that's going in We still have one more in April. They all received the jacket, the t-shirt, and the pants. So, thank you, school board, very much. And um we're ready for next year. We'll be hosting our own Special Olympics. So, get ready, community, cuz I we're

006going to be asking for all kinds of of help. We really appreciate it. So, yay. We're We already have a date, I think. It's It's the It's in October when um there's not a football game. So, everyone can stay home because we're going to have it that day. So, thank you. Uh We have We have a student while they're getting ready for a picture. We have a student uh by the name of Isabella Chapman. She is a senior. She's been uh Special Olympics since elementary. Never missed one. Uh today she's on her way to uh Florida, Orlando, Florida, to compete in a competition uh with the San Antonio uh cheerleaders with disabilities. And they're going up for nationals. So, she's not here today. So, kudos to Isabella. Very proud of the work that Ms. Uriegas,

007our special education and federal programs director is executive director is doing with this entire program. All of our teachers and our students represent us with pride at Eagle Pass and now going to Gattusla. And then also we're partnering for that city event this week, right? The Dia de los Niños. So, way to go. We're >> I hope we win. Yes, win. Yes. Ready? 1 Thank you, parents, for bringing them. Yes, thank you parents. Thank you. Thank you teachers. Good evening members of the board and Mrs. Pearson superintendent. I'm Lisa Gump, I'm the principal at Carrizo Springs Intermediate and it is my privilege to recognize an exceptional team for Carrizo Springs Intermediate, our fifth grade math team. Mr. Jose Bermeo and Mrs. Lisette Guerrero. This team exemplifies what it means to move beyond compliance and into

008into true inspirational leadership. They have developed and refined their own systems for PLC collaboration and lesson internalization, ensuring that they arrive to cluster meetings fully prepared, not just to plan but to engage in meaningful analysis of student work and intentional lesson rehearsal. because of their level of preparation and ownership, their work has elevated the quality of data analysis within their team. Most importantly, their enthusiasm and commitment extend extend beyond their own classroom walls. They have a positive and lasting impact on their grade level and across our campus. We often joke that Carrizo Springs Intermediate at we often joke at Carrizo Springs Intermediate that we are a Mardi Gras campus, the perfect blend of purple, gold and green. Well, well we probably recognize their deep roots and their loyalty to the to Crystal City community. Tonight

009we celebrate their unwavering commitment to the students and staff at of Crystal Springs. Mr. Bedmea and Mrs. Guerrero, thank you for your leadership, your passion, and the example you set for others. It is an honor to recognize you this evening. I'm back again. Sticking with the green, purple, gold, and green, our green, I want to recognize Well, I want to call up to the podium Major Martinez as she as we This is our green in right here. Our green. So, to introduce or to do the next So, yes, I'm a cadet cadet I'm not a cadet. I'm Major Martinez. What I want to do though is talk about Cadet Captain Jacob Cantu who is a recent um JROTC National Essay contest winner. Which I'm just going to be a little bit about him, but Jacob

010has been named a winner of the Army JROTC National Essay contest, one of only seven students nationwide to receive this honor, and was selected as a Southern Region winner. His essay centered on the theme of selfless service reflects the very essence of JROTC values. Through his writing, Jacob demonstrated exceptional insight, leadership, and a deep commitment commitment to serving others. This is a big part. As part of this prestigious recognition, Jacob will travel to Washington DC courtesy of the US Army along with his mom, myself, and that is compliments of the Army where he's going to be visiting the White House, the Capitol, um and so he'll be reading his essay uh to I guess, you know, political figures and those amongst us, the other winners. So, it's a huge deal and and actually this really

011marks Crissou Springs as, you know, put us on the map for this. And so, it's it's rare that I've seen this happen. I've been doing this for like 14 years as a JROTC instructor and never in my, you know, career as a ROTC instructor have I had a student win such a prestigious award. Major Martinez, we're glad to have her at Crissou Springs. The opportunities she's offering our students are limitless. And more good things to come. THANK YOU, MAJOR. AND I WILL CALL COACH MUNOZ TO THE PODIUM to recognize our power lifting squad. Well, good evening, everyone. Uh Coach Munoz, I'm power lifting coach. Uh I coach the the boys and the girls team. And uh like I said since we started a program we've had good numbers team wise and and going to the

012to the regional meet on both sides you know we advance quite a quite a few boys and girls and which is good and then and then if they're you know they get their totals or if they place first and second they move on to the state meet. So and we've had quite a few of those also and we've been very fortunate that we've been pretty steady doing that. You know over over these past you know years and stuff and a lot of them are repeaters also plus some others. At this time we have eight out of the 12 that went to regionals so uh I'll call them all by name or just call them all okay. Girls line up Elena Esquivel. Evelyn Mata Gomez. Jocelyn Mata Gomez. Leila Chesworth. Janica Dallen. We have five out

013of eight girls that went to regionals so some some of the girls you know medaled and went on we had three young ladies make it to the state meet. Okay. Uh Elena step up. Elena made it to the state meet. Evelyn Mata Gomez made it to the state meet advanced and Leila Chesworth also advanced to the state meet. At this time last week we had a Elena Esquivel signing with letter of intent to University of Texas to lift at the university. All right, this time uh we have a uh some of our boys that also advanced to uh regionals and state. Uh we have a Jerry Rodriguez regionals. Uh Keith Taylor regionals. Uh Matthew Gutierrez regionals. And also uh Keith Taylor also advanced to the to the boys state meet this year. Uh the these

014last 2 years I've lost a lot I'm going to lose Last year I lost 15 seniors. You know, they were with me 3 4 years. And this year uh some uh some of the boys and girls here have been with me a long time 3 4 years. You know, for the duration of the high school years. So, we're going to miss some more seniors graduating. Okay, so we got to do some serious recruiting. You know. Got to have those freshmen or some coming up. Okay, but uh they they I'm real proud of them. Like I said, they came in here and they worked and then and they decided, you know, hey, I want to make it. I want to uh go back to regionals. I you know, I can do it and stuff like that.

015So, uh you know, it builds your confidence, you know, you and it and it it also shows you uh how to compete. You know, how to compete. It's it's not only against the other teams that are there, but there's only one one person you Well, not one person, one thing you got to compete against. Everybody. It's it's against those weights and that bar. You know, if you can't beat that bars and weights, you know, you you're not going to go anywhere. Okay? So, that's the big thing that we try to do every week. Don't worry about who you're competing with. You know, let's let's try to get our totals. We work on total on on getting our totals a lot better so we can go on and make the top 12, go to regionals, and

016so on. But, uh like I said, I'm going to lose some great kids and I'm going to miss them. So, hopefully they'll come around. Uh thank you all very much for taking time. School board, I'd like to acknowledge them too for having us and and and our superintendent. Uh I kind of I enjoy, you know, having to present these guys, you know, so thank you all very much. always very modest, but they put in a tremendous amount of time. And so, we want to also acknowledge you for everything that you do. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yes, Mr. Gump too. Come on, Mr. Gump. They want your picture. Come on. Ready? A good evening. My name is Anna Diaz. I'm the chief financial officer of the district. And

017And evening we'd like to recognize, um, our team in safe employee recognition campaign, uh, that was conducted through Workers' Compensation Solution. Vanessa, can you come up as well? So, the first award, I'm sorry, let me read it. The first award we want to present is to, uh, Vanessa Carrizo Springs CISD has been awarded the 25-26 Workers' Comp Solution Wellness Member of the Year. And so, Vanessa, does that work for us? Go ahead. And with that, we were awarded $1,000. And so, she's working on a program, uh, district-wide to benefit our employees. Stay there, Vanessa. In addition, we also want to recognize four employees that were recognized by Workers' Comp Solution through the Safe Employee Recognition Campaign. Uh, and these are our honor roll honorees. We have Nor- Nor- Norbert Romero, Andres Hernandez, Elma Acosta from

018Maintenance and Transportation, and also Ms. Mary C. Gonzales, uh, for Student Nutrition. So, thank you very much. I just want to add that it's a collaborative effort district-wide. Thank you, Mr. Ramirez, um, to build the culture of safety for the district. So, thank you. >> Good evening. And thank you for having us here today. I just wanted to tell you that our through the Texas State I'm sorry. I'm tongue twisted. Um Texas Department of Ag awards funding for elementary schools for our fresh fruit and vegetable program. And we have to apply for this grant. And not everybody gets it, but it is for elementary and we've been fortunate enough. This is our third year doing it. And uh last year and this year we were awarded the pair for perfection award. And this goes to

019two of our managers and it gives me great pleasure to present this recognition to Mary Gonzalez from Carrizo Springs Intermediate Amen. and Adriana Gonzalez from Carrizo Springs Elementary. >> Amen. But we also want to our thanks to our principals for working with us. Um they have to uh prepare them the fruits and vegetables and find a time after 1:30 after we're done with our lines in order to distribute these uh fruits and vegetables. And with collaboration of our principals, we're able to do that. Last year, we spent every penny and this year we're working on the same uh goal. Thank you. One last thing, I also want to add that Carrizo Springs CISD received the um certificate of recognition, also. So, Karen, take this with you. Okay, number number six. Uh announcements, communication, presentation, discussion

020of Senate Bill 546 related to the three-point seatbelt requirement on school buses. Good evening, Superintendent, members of the board. My name is Ricardo Ramirez Jr. I am the police chief for the district police department and uh the safety director. Tonight, I'm going to be providing a brief overview of Senate Bill 546 and the district level steps uh required to achieve full compliance before September 2029. Senate Bill 546, this requires all Texas school districts to ensure that school buses transporting students are equipped with three-point seat belts. This is a lap and shoulder seat belt. If a district cannot meet these requirements due to budget limitations, the school board must publicly report the numbers of buses without seat belts, the estimated cost uh to bring the fleet into compliance to TEA. These are the steps that we

021we are uh currently in step one, uh determine financial feasibility. The board must first decide whether purchasing buses equipped with three-point seat belts fits within the district's budget and plan for the purchase. If the board determines it is financially feasible and plans to proceed, reporting can be completed in to Sentinel at this stage. If not, we proceed to step two, which is where what we did. Uh step two, seat belt inventory. Officer Jaclyn Arambula assisted with us with getting the numbers we needed for this report. Uh the inventory identifies the number of buses in the fleet owned by the district that fall into each category below. Uh the first one, fully equipped with three-point uh harnesses uh in the buses. Second one, equipped only with the lap belts. This is a two-point. Third one, mix

022of three-point and lap belts. And fourth, some seats with three-point, others with no seat belts. So, what we found in our inventory, step three with our public reporting for this school year, um the number of buses with no seat belts, 11 out of 22 buses that we have in our fleet. Okay. The estimated cost to equip the non-compliant buses with three-point belts 33,000 to 35,000 per bus for a 77 passenger bus. This at 11 buses that we currently identified are not in compliance, roughly 379,048 dollars with 22 cents. Step four in a reporting of these numbers to the agency of TEA, report the counts, cost, and board documentation in SINA by May 30th. This we will do immediately after this meeting. So, we will submit these numbers in SINA to TEA. The TEA The TEA

023report by January 1st, 2027, they must collect this data, calculate the total statewide financial assistance needed for full compliance, and report its findings to the governor and the legislature. Fleet status and strategic outlook. Our recommendation is to follow the bus replacement schedule, which requires buying two buses in the years 2026, 2027, and 2028. Key recommendations rationale behind this is given the current age of the fleet. These specific buses are projected for retirement replacement by 2029. We inventory this and the oldest buses that we found were 2000 2014, I believe, 2016, 2019. The school responsibility investing significant capital into retrofitting older chassis is not cost effective when compared to the life cycle of the vehicles. Action plan focus budget allocations on the procurement of new factory compliant buses to replace the aging units by the 2029

024deadline. Do you have any questions in regards to the Senate Bill 546? >> Questions? I would just like to add to the board that at this time this is just informational. There's no action required. We were just required to present the information to you. Um there is some discussion about potentially some grants coming out this summer to provide some funding cuz this is an unfunded mandate. It did come out of this last legislative session but with no money attached to it. So again, we are we're not anticipating any action at this time. We have a few years to be in compliance and uh since we want to be financially fiscal and responsible, there are some buses that are at the end of their cycle and so we definitely don't want to spend money putting seat

025belts in them if if they need to be replaced. So we'll come back to the board at a later time with a a presentation about purchasing either the buses or the seat belts once more information comes out from TEA. Thank you, Ms. Pearson. Ms. Pearson, if I if I did my math correctly, if we purchase 14 buses over the next X amount of years, it's almost the same amount. Pretty close. To 379,000, too. Did I do that right? So we're saying No, okay. Am I reading that correctly? So the 379,000 >> equip the buses, right? >> That's just to retrofit them with the seat belts that are How much is a new bus? Okay, so I'm I'm I'm looking at that wrong. How much is a school bus run, more or less? Mario, Anna? 80.

026About 80 to 90,000. >> 80 to 90,000. I think it's a little over 100. I think we spent Yeah. 150 to 160,000 per bus. So yeah, my math was way off. I apologize. You apologize for Okay, yeah. So we going to need a plan then. If if we follow this plan here the 2026 2027 by that year 2029 it would be five buses that would need retrofitting. So roughly this would come down to about 150,000. If we do replace every year. Mhm. And you said right now TEA has no no plans >> They have no plans at this time. The When they do get more information on grants, they will share that with with all districts. Thank you. Thank you all. Number seven, no star governance. Uh board goals and progress measures goal four GPM

0274.1 4.3 MOY MAP map sixth and seventh grade. Good evening President Franco, Criso Springs CISD school board, Superintendent Pearson. I am the research data and accountability coordinator, Dr. Crystal Ruel Caba, and I'll be presenting our data for this particular um objective. So we'll be reviewing our seventh grade and sixth grade goal along with the GPMs that correspond to it. So I'll ground us in our mission for CSISD to provide every child a quality education in a safe environment. And our vision is to inspiring lifelong learners. When we look at our goal four, it will be focused on all seventh grade students who score meets or above grade level will increase from 39% in June 2024 to 46% in June 2029. So I'll draw your attention to the column highlighted in yellow, our 2026 goals, and

028currently we are in progress to meet these goals. All students, um, currently are at 41% based on that middle of year projection with the goal being 43%. For Hispanic students, 40% with the goal also being 43. Economically disadvantaged right at the mark at 33% and our special education population of students 15% with the goal of 23%. As we move into our GPMs, our goal progress measures, they are based on percentile, um, attainment. So, we are looking at above the 60th percentile and we have defined this to be meets, uh, and to be on grade level for these student groups. And this just grounds us in our goal. So, 43% meets for school year 2026. Our first GPM, 4.1, is looking at all seventh grade students and their percentile goal. So, when we're looking at our

029current group, uh, our students are at have exceeded the goal, currently at 46% um, and surpassing their their 2026 target of 37%. So, we did, um, we are fortunate to have surpassed the goal for the Hispanic subpop at 45% economically disadvantaged at 38% and special education subpop at 15%. So, two percentage points off of that goal. When we look at GPM 4.2, we are also on track. So, this GPM focuses on the seventh grade students that are enrolled in our general education, not the advanced section. Um, so, this goal was to increase our students above that 60th percentile from 9% to 11% and based on our middle of year projection, we have exceeded that at 19% of students currently, um, on meeting that target. Uh, when we look at our sub pops, we can see

030that we've surpassed it for our Hispanic sub pop, economically disadvantaged, and our special education sub pop is one um that we are focusing on to make sure that all our students are on track. So, looking at our inputs working well for the seventh grade data, I do have one more GPM that focuses on sixth grade. But, what's working well at the junior high? We've had stronger PLC alignment, increased use of small group instruction, uh specifically during math blocks, clear learning targets posted and referenced, more consistent use of high-yield strategies which are identified by going into classrooms and identifying the need um to increase student engagement, and effective use of intervention time is something that is being continuously refined. And that leads me into our inputs um needing more attention. So, consistency in tier two and

031tier three intervention uh really grounds us in the importance of focusing on that MTSS support um within our campus and within the district. Strategic use and protection of intervention time to make sure that data is driving the work that is being done at this point. Improved pacing and time management to ensure that all TEKS and learning is acquired within the time allotted. Master schedule adjustments, so ensuring that we anticipate the needs that we have already identified um consistently. Continued development of student discourse, so making sure that our students are talking um to one another amongst themselves, and we're able to access this by ongoing professional learning uh for our teachers. Monitoring fidelity of IXL and our other uh support resources, and balancing rigor with appropriate support to make sure that all of our students have

032access to grade level content. Any questions um regarding our seventh grade data before I get into our sixth grade and final GPM. Okay, I will go move forward to our last GPM. So we've had a lot of great data to present for this middle school math block. Our sixth grade GPM, we are also on track to meet that goal, which is 24% by May 2026. We'll see that our current students are at 31%, so they've exceeded that goal. Unfortunately, all of our sub pops have also, so I do want to highlight our Hispanic sub pop at 31%, economically disadvantaged at 29%, which is significantly higher than that goal and our special education sub pop at 18%, so exceeding on on all targets. And when we focus on the input inputs working well at CSI, stronger

033internalization practices, ensuring that PLC is really focused on what will be taught, increased use of student work analysis. So teachers bring in student work and analyze to identify how students are learning and what is the intent, what is the rubric that defines what what equals learning for that particular teak or lesson or skill. Lesson rehearsal embedded into PLC clusters, so teachers actually rehearsing the component of the lesson that they've identified that is most difficult. Continued focus on grade level tier one instruction aligned to the research-based instructional strategies, improved alignment between planning and execution because we can plan as much as we want, but it's the execution that that really leads and drives the work. Student discourse and engagement strategies have been a district-wide push and use of HQIM Bluebonnet supports to be really intentional and

034aligned to that lesson outcome. So this is what the inputs that are working well. And to draw your attention to the inputs needing more attention, uh supplemental structures or resources to address foundational gaps without sacrificing tier one grade level instruction, very similar to that tier two, tier three emphasis, uh ensuring intervention supports are targeted and efficient, consistency in student work analysis cycles, um not just collecting and showing, but responding instructionally and in the classroom, continued refinement of internalization depth. So, when we're looking at the lesson and discussing the lesson, ensuring that the optimal um instruction is discussed and collaborated between the content area. Uh time and structures for effective lesson rehearsal within PLC clusters and strategic use of win intervention time to accelerate learning. So, making sure that there is a system and structure in

035place um to monitor uh this effectively. Thank you. Any questions on any of the slides or any of the data I presented? President Franco, not not so much question and and Ms. Pearson, anything that uh either principal would like to add? You guys, that's great great uh great info. Anything if you don't mind. And I apologize forgot you uh school board, but I just I was curious. We're proud of our of our teachers, especially our sixth grade. They They um they meet daily. So, it's not just their cluster time. And that um that is evident in the work that they're doing daily with the kids. And the kids love math, too. So, they're doing a great job. I like the story you shared with about the math test. You don't You don't have to say

036it, but thank you for sharing. That was That's a good sign that you shared today. Thank you. Um for junior high, what we have really uh focused on for next year is uh the biggest change is going to be our master schedule. Um, which Mrs. Pearson um has approved and it's the the seven um we're going from nine classes, nine periods to seven, which is pretty drastic, but our individual classes are going to be 60 minutes each period, which um is going to allow for more time um for intervention. We have science and social studies classes that are teaching um their TEKS in 47 minutes. So, right now our periods are at 47 minutes. So, that is why we're saying that we're going to we're more strategic with the intervention time. Um, also we have

037a um a second bell schedule that has a built-in intervention um for during the day. And that built-in intervention is um we're removing, I believe it's 5 minutes from each period, which gives us the intervention time that we need. And we can run that schedule twice a week or three times a week, depending on our need on our student needs. Um, and I think that's going to be really good, especially because not all of the students can stay after school for tutoring or come early in the morning because they have athletics um you know, and the lunch, you know, and kids don't want to give up their lunch time. So, we have that time that's going to be built in. And the teachers are still going to have a good amount of time, 55 minutes,

038to teach their lessons. So, that was uh one of the our biggest changes coming for junior high next year, to be more strategic with the intervention time that's being provided. And when you said that um at both campuses it intervention is built in, are our kids, remind me please, is it is it part of the regular class or is it are the kids pulled out for intervention? Please remind me. So, intervention at junior high looks very different. So, for I know that um and correct me if I'm wrong, but at the other campuses there's built-in intervention or classes at high school, I believe that intervention classes. So, for junior high we don't have that. Our intervention is for reading and math it happens during the block because they are block classes. Um teachers also offer

039intervention during um lunchtime, before school, and after school. So, we do have a schedule uh for tutoring that goes out with report cards and um that lets parents know when intervention is provided or tutoring will be provided for for students. So, currently it's reading and math that have the block and they are able to provide, but with 47 minutes of instruction for science and social studies, I mean they have to teach, 60 60 only would make a huge difference. Right, right. And so, they're very very happy um that that's what we're looking at for next year. Thanks. Yes. Thank you both for sharing. Thank you. Any other questions? The current current performance or progress is way above the target. So, I was thinking since we do uh budget revision or budget amendment, if we can

040also do revision with the targets to make it like more challenging. Absolutely. That's a great observation, Mr. Doria, and we have seen that trend. Um so, it is in our next steps and I believe the work is during the summer. We have to follow the Lone Lone Star governance manual um to ensure that we don't lose any points in the cycle. Um so once that cycle um is open, uh we will absolutely revisit these targets and and make them to where we're able to have this meets criteria more rigorous um and really increase that goal. And we can do that in collaboration, of course, with our campus principals. Thank you, Mr. Doria. I'll just add that once we get our STAR accountability data for this year, for 2026, and then we will have our data

041walk, very similar to we had last summer, and uh we can revisit goals during that time. When When you are When is that um scheduled to come in? I don't even know. It varies. So high school will get that data first. Uh early May we'll get MAP data, which uh fuel the GPMs. That will be done um mid-May. We Our window opens the 5th, so we should have it about 2 weeks after that. And our STAR trickles in um typically by June, end of June, uh it'll it'll be complete. So we'll be looking at scores here in July? As a group? Okay. Or sooner? Thank you. Yes, sir. Typically we had our workshop in July last year, so we'll plan the same. All right. Awesome. Thank you. Any other questions for me? Thank you. Thank

042you. 7B, Superintendent Guardrails and Guardrail Progress Measures. Uh number one, uh Superintendent Guardrail two, GPM 2.1, Inclusive Events and Student Participation. Thank you. Yes, and Ms. Udi Aguliar shared a little bit to this cuz I think she's so excited. She She shared a little bit during our presentation, so that's great of of the students. The Superintendent Guardrail number two is the Superintendent shall not implement or allow any condition in which students receiving special education services are denied equitable access to the resources, supports, or inclusive learning environments necessary to meet their individualized needs. And it's interim goal 2.1 on inclusive events and student participating. The percentage of campuses participating in a district-wide Special Olympics or equivalent inclusive event will increase from 0% in May 2024 to 100% by spring 2026 with total participation in inclusive events

043including our our community outreach centers, Kids First, and Chicanos por la Causa. And so you will see that in our event one, Special Olympics in partnership with Eagle Pass ISD, and our event two, Special Olympics in partnership with Cotulla ISD. This was the first year, this is the first year that will have 100% of our students on all four of our campuses participating in event two. Last year we had three campuses. And then event three, the other Los Niños in partnership with the City of Carrizo Springs and community partners, Miss Odiega's and Miss Evelyn Castro who's our parent outreach liaison have intentionally gone out to partner with our community resources and and personally invited them so that they can work with our students. And so we're constantly working to ensure that we are including all

044students. And what inputs are working well is that there has been an increased consistent communication to families sharing various opportunities for our students that receive special education services to participate in activities that enrich their educational experience. Miss Odiega's and her team have been very good about sending out communication via ParentSquare. They they created a group where they send out notifications anytime there's a opportunity. And what's evident of that is that Miss Zuniga who does our who does our work with our students over the age 18 had a workshop yesterday and was able to partner with the agency of Oh my goodness, it's the Middle Rio agency and 11 of our students are going to have income paid income jobs this summer with a potential of a few more qualifying. So that that's just incredible work.

045We haven't had that in years and so I really wanted to highlight that. Expanded training for our special education staff that's occurring monthly. Ms. Uriegas has a two-day workshop at the beginning of May for our teachers and our staff and then stronger partnership with Region 20 to promote and plan additional educational activities. Inputs needing more attention and purposeful planning during the summer for the 26-27 school year which is already happening. Dedicated planning to host our very own Special Olympics event in Carrizo Springs which is already happening. The calendar the date is already planned for June 9th with Ms. Uriegas. She is working with the with the agency to ensure that we're able to have our own Special Olympics and then strengthening community partnerships and wrap-around services for students that receive special education services. And you

046see some pictures on the next slide of our students. Our beautiful amazing students. And that is our we're on track with meeting this goal and and even excelling at it. So any questions? Thank you. Seven C teacher incentive allotment TIA Superintendent Guard Row five. Good evening. I'm very excited to be presenting teacher incentive allotment informational. I do have quite a bit of slides. It is a very thorough presentation. I do ask that if any questions please reserve to the end and I'll be happy to answer them and and hopefully as we go through this I'll I'll answer a lot of your questions. Um, so I want to start um by saying how excited I am to present this information to you. Um, it it's I've been here a couple years and this is really the

047first time that we've been able to to uh begin uh this allotment and this designation program and it's an amazing opportunity for our teachers. So thank you for your support and thank you to Ms. Pearson for your leadership in allowing us to move forward with this. So again, our mission to provide every child a quality education and a safe environment and our vision is inspiring lifelong learners. So what is TIA? Teacher Incentive Allotment. It is a pathway for effective teachers to earn a higher income while remaining in the classroom. What's very exciting about this system is that is it is funded through the state. It comes from legislative funding. It is not a grant. It is not temporary. Um, and the state has really uh emphasized the importance um of this designation to increase the

048income for our for our teachers. The reason that we have chose to pursue Teacher Incentive Allotment is to recognize and retain our highly effective teachers while strengthening instruction across all campuses. We know that when teachers grow, students grow and that's a great place um to emphasize and push our efforts and the state has recognized that. Uh, another reason is to align our teacher evaluation system, which is currently T-TESS uh and our student growth systems uh which I I presented um some of our achievement data, but there's growth data that corresponds to our NWEA MAP and STAAR test uh and improve instructional practices and student outcomes across all grade levels. Uh, very much aligning to our district mission and vision. So how TIA works. There are four levels of designation. Acknowledged, recognized, exemplary, and master and

049I will go into detail. The funding ranges from 3,000 to 32,000, and this is dependent upon a couple factors. Um prioritizes hard-to-staff positions. It is teacher-focused funding, and what's brilliant and beautiful about this is that there is a 5-year validity tied to the designation. So, if the teacher earns it in year one, they will have it for 5 years. Um and it does uh feed into TRS for the retirement system. So, it's a really amazing benefit. So, another really amazing point, um we received notice of this in January of this year, is that TEA added the acknowledged designation. So, prior to January of 2026, there were only three. Um this year, because this acknowledged designation has been um added, our teachers now have the possibility to earn one of four um possible designations. Now, go

050into detail about how they're able to earn that. So, I mentioned earlier that the funding is dependent upon a couple factors. Um designation levels um correspond to the amount, uh and that amount is determined by socioeconomic percentage and rural status for our school district. So, currently, if you were to Google TIA funding map, um you would see the last approved amounts um which were from last school year. So, these will be updated um come We're anticipating mid-May uh is when we were told. So, what TEA did provide us is with an anticipation of projecting amounts. So, if you look at the bottom um chart, and I highlighted in yellow, we fall currently uh between tier uh one and two, meaning that our acknowledged designation would allow teachers to be eligible for for 4,500 to 6,000

051dollars. Our recognized tier would fall between 7 and 10,000. Our exemplary tier would fall between 13,000 and 17,000. And our master tier would fall between 18,000 and 24,000 dollars. So at its core, a a local designation system is comprised of three major components, eligible assignments and campuses. So I'll go into detail about our phase one teachers that are currently in the system and where we are. Um and all of our campuses are currently eligible. Uh we also need teacher performance data, which is our T-tests and our student growth data that comes from assessments. And our compensation plan. Um so I will go into into more detail in the slides to follow because districts are required to give 90% of that allotment, that designation amounts that I just mentioned, um directly to teachers. So it is

052a major process and this is a three-year process. Uh we're currently in year two. So last year, we submitted our application. That was step one. It took an entire year for that to occur. Um once the application is approved, because they don't all get approved, then we are allowed to enter data capture year, which is our current state. We're on year two um and we're currently in data capture year, which means that our T-tests data, which is our teacher evaluation, along with our MAP and STAR data, um and US history and eighth grade social studies data, um is what we are tracking to see if our teachers will meet this designation or one of the four designations. And year three, um which is next school year, is data submission. So what's interesting is that we

053we just had a discussion of how we'll have all the data. Uh we'll have a good chunk in May and then we'll have the rest by July, but the data is actually submitted in October. Um and we won't know if it's validated until February 2027. And I'll go into a little bit more of that timeline. Um what's beautiful about the system is that the state um creates these parameters and gives it to the districts to really create a system that's going to work um for the district. And districts, while all every teacher has the potential to be designated, the district has to have the system to support that designation. Um in order for a teacher to be designated, they must at a minimum be employed in an eligible teaching assignment during data capture year, which

054is currently um and that's only our 087 coded teachers. We can't have uh anyone who's not a teacher eligible for this designation. Uh they they must be employed and compensated um by the recommending district and they have to have um a a eligible year of service and also the school year following the data capture. So for our current group, they have to be enrolled and employed um as one of our employees for this school year and next school year to receive that designation. And then they'll have to meet the district's designation criteria, which is individualized um as a local designation system, and I'll talk a bit more of those parameters as I continue with this. So what's beautiful about this um because there have been programs in the past that um gave incentive, gave funding,

055gave stipends based on achievement um attainment, right? For TIA, it's about growth. So it does not matter the starting point of the student as long as they grow and learn throughout the year, um they will be identified as meeting that criteria. And that varies per assessment, so that's a really beautiful point. So thinking about these cut points and these designations, so how do our teachers earn these? So what is What is showcased here um on the slide are the state averages for designation levels. So, if we're looking um only at T-TESS, in order for a teacher to be acknowledged, they must receive a minimum of a 3.5 on that T-TESS score. I do have a visual that outlines the components of T-TESS and how that average is calculated. Um the recognized tier would be 3.7,

056exemplary 3.9, master 4.5. What's interesting about this slide is the percentages that correspond to it. So, 50% of teachers in the system uh are acknowledged as a designation level, only the top 50%. The top 33% of teachers in the state are considered recognized. Uh exemplary is top 20% and master is top 5%. And the growth for students that correspond to these designation levels for acknowledge, the minimum is 50%. Uh for recognized, it's 55%, for exemplary, it's 60%, and for master, it's 70%. So, you'll see the increase in rigor um based on the designation. And so, what how we are advised as a system, uh when we submit this data, it is compared to these averages to ensure validity. So, if, for example, we had 20% of our teachers following that master designation criteria, and that's

057what we sent off, that would red flag um the the data set, um and it's a possibility that it be declined. 10% of districts um that submit get their data uh not approved. 90% do do get it approved, but it's something um that we use as our um foundation uh while we have the parameters to set in how they earn the designation. So, I mentioned the example on T-TESS and how it's calculated. So, it is a complicated metric, um but teachers on the instructional domains, um uh the instruction and the learning environment. So, it's domains 2.1 through 2.5 and 3.1 to 3.3. So, eight possible dimensions is where they get observed and the minimum criteria for walk-throughs is four. So, they'll have to have four minimum walk-throughs and one full observation. At the end, these

058amounts get averaged and the total is what is input into their summative, which is what will be submitted. I do want to mention before I I move forward that this is this has been a huge collaboration piece for the district to really set up the system to set us up for success. We we partner with Region 20 to have calibration walks with all of our principals to go into classrooms and make sure we're identifying the same things within our classrooms and also communicating with our teachers because they're the most important stakeholders in this designation system and asking them for feedback every step of the way. Yes, sir. Who does the walk-throughs? The appraisers are the administrators on the campus. So, they are the ones that submit the designations and they have a teacher list at

059the beginning of the year, but any appraiser at the campus is able to submit one for a teacher. But, it's our admin. Yes, sir. So, I mentioned earlier that 90% is required to go to our directly to our teachers. 10% the district is allowed to keep because with this system comes costs associated with building the system. Some examples of how to use this funding, which we've not received because we cannot receive funding until teachers are designated. So, that's August 2027. Is professional learning for our teachers, system expansion for additional teaching assignments, um TIA assessment costs. So, I'll I'll I'll talk to you a little bit more about um our our plan for phase two and the implications of additional assessments and compensation um associated basically with all of our our TIA needs. So, I mentioned

060our timeline. Um we're currently in data capture year. Data submission will occur in October 2026. We will be notified if that data was approved between February and April of 2027. Uh we'll have all the data and we'll know what we're submitting in October, um but all we're able to say at that point for our teachers is we're recommending you for a designation. The state determines the designation, not the school district. And in the the biggest question is when do we get the money? August 2027. Fingers crossed. So, my next point I'm transitioning into a little bit of the work we're currently doing to set us up for next school year. Uh what is showcased here in front of you is the state average of which content areas are currently eligible for teacher incentive allotment. So,

061you'll see that math and ELA are at about 70% a piece. So, they are the major uh of the teachers, they're the majority that are currently um in the system and it reduces with the smallest percentage being 20%. Only 20% of teachers in the state that teach CTE are currently in the TIA system. And so, what we wanted to showcase is our approach and and how much effort and taught thought and intention that we've put. So, if you look at phase one, that's current. That's who we are capturing data for right now. So, you'll see that we have K through 12 math and reading. Uh we have 5 through 8 science and biology, English 3 4, geometry, algebra 2, and college prep, all associated with that NWEA MAP assessment. For STAR, we have 4 through

0628 reading and math, algebra 1, English 1 and 2, and non-previous year STAR, we have 8th grade social studies, US history, and pre-K using our circle assessment. So, what's exciting is phase two. And that's everybody else. And we're really excited about that. So, phase two is our non-STAR content areas, our CTE, our sped, our dyslexia, our PE, our fine arts, our language other than English, our electives, our interventionists. This is huge um because many school districts take four or five phases to be able to uh really expand at this scale. And what that means for us at Crandall ISD is I'd like to draw your attention to phase one. So, currently at elementary, 76% of our teachers are eligible. At intermediate, 70% are eligible. At junior high, 56% are eligible. At high school, 64% are

063eligible. Phase two, assuming our application is approved, uh it's it has been submitted. The deadline was the 15th, and we'll know uh by May, so very soon. Um if this is approved, 100% of our teachers will be eligible next school year. And we're very proud of this. As I finish up, I I I kind of want to bring us back. I know it's a lot of information, and I look forward to your questions. Um but we're very excited about what this means for strengthening our student outcomes, uh improving teacher retention. It is a huge retention piece. Um once those designations are out and we're handing out those big checks, uh it really uh screams and makes everybody want to be a Crandall ISD Wildcat. We are rewarding quality instruction through T-TESS and through student growth.

064Um incentivizing hard-to-staff positions because if we offer CTE um carpentry, for example, and we're tying a designation to it, we may be the only one um in a large area that has that offering because it is rare to be able to offer 100% um of the school district's course offerings. Support educator development, encourage professional collaboration because all teachers uh can receive this. It's not um it's not a competition. It's a collaborative effort. And to maintain a competitive market. Thank you very much. Any questions? Who's first? All right, cuz I got a got a handful. Um Ms. Pearson, I I I think I asked you this when we were looking at at this while back. Will we have um preliminary numbers? Like at like based on this data. Like estimated like a dollar figure. And will

065will we need to share that with teachers? Or you share that just with the board? Yes. So, we Are you Are you referencing projections as far as which like teachers receiving designations? >> This, yeah. Say say it was going to happen we were going to pay them this spring. I'm glad I'm glad that you're asking that because that's a huge consideration we have to make. The answer is yes. Um we're currently running that data. So, our deadline is Friday for summative. So, that'll be our final average. Um and the final growth projection is when our data comes in. >> Okay. So, that's that's when we'll be able to have that. But, we need that uh those amounts because the district has to anticipate this funding because we pay teachers out prior to receiving it from

066the state. Yes, sir. You think that would be a um would that be more of a individual conversation with those teachers or group? What do you I'm What do you think, Ms. Pearson? I'm just kind of They are already Our Our principals are already having those conversations Okay. with the teachers. And so, they have all the data and we Dr. Guevara actually created like a teacher report card that has all their walk-throughs and their T tests. And so, they're able to see right now >> whether they would qualify. So, all of it obviously is is tentative or what, you know, preliminary. It's the the preliminary, but they absolutely know. Yes. >> Mhm. And along that same line, um when when the timing is is right, could we possibly see a a list of the staff

067members who fall into phase one? Is that Is that allowable for us for the board? Absolutely. >> Yeah. That would definitely Maybe something um Yeah, recognize or something in executive. Just just for review. I know I would like to see who those teachers are and the work they're putting in. Just just me. Absolutely. I have the reports, so My next question, um And And the groups if that we're looking at, the non-star content areas, and then maybe the principals can help me with this, some secondaries. How do we measure? How are we going to measure a CTE? How are we going to measure a PE, a fine arts? What's What's going to be our data? Because this this TIA tied to data and T tests? Correct me if I'm wrong, please. >> Yes, 50/50. Yes,

068sir. Half comes from TIA. >> we Do we know those answers yet? We do. >> Like what data would we utilize to to to measure and reward those teachers? We do. So, we have to be very intentional in the data sets that we choose because the data set is submitted as a whole. And the criteria is tied to PE, for example. We're We're following Region 20 support and the state's lead. So, PE is FitnessGram and it's considered a pre and post test. So, what gets finicky or what gets complex and I can use a current example for pre-K currently right now. FitnessGram is for phase two, but pre-K is current. We they use the circle assessment and that has specific waves and parameters that looks much different than a map or an NWEA. And the

069district has to decide what growth is for that assessment. And so, what that takes is ensuring that we are looking at the criteria and and it needs to be as rigorous as a star or map assessment. And we have to make that same determination for everyone. So, in phase two, PE is FitnessGram. For CTE at high school, iCEV is their curriculum. So, there are pre and post tests to that tied directly with their curriculum. We have unique learning system, which is actually a curriculum for our life skills self-contained classrooms because the students in those classrooms learn differently and it's more personalized of an experience and also tied to the curriculum. JROTC is one that will likely use FitnessGram components because they have that criteria for the work that they do. Who am I missing? Fine

070arts. Fine arts, we've partnered with MusicFirst and it is an individual who creates these assessments based on the curriculum, but also with the teacher in mind. So, that's all of the work that's done right now to ensure that next school year we have the systems in place to capture that. But it's predominantly pre and post tests for all of our our new phase two courses because it's tied to the course, not to the teacher. And and also listed here are interventionists. Yes, that's right. >> How do they earn What What do we Yeah. Interventionist, dyslexia, and sped. So, each of these teachers um typically has a list of students that they work with um individually, right? And so, minimum criteria that most uh districts use is minimum of 10 students. Most districts don't go less

071than 10. So, that would be their their uh student number, but the criteria is the same as the general ed teacher. So, it's MAP or >> STAR. Because the student is a general ed student first, and they are expected to meet the same requirements. So, it is the same data set. Wonderful questions, Mr. Odiegwu. >> Thank you. You have a question? Oh, I'm sorry. And then, my last one was I skipped this, so I'm I apologize, guys. I don't I didn't write these down pre-hand. Um I apologize. How do we ensure the validity? You You You mentioned something we're going to send it We're going to send it off. And then, we wait for that for them to tell us yes or no, or wait, you're not hitting the targets, or wait a minute, this

072doesn't jive. How do we, you know, when you guys have to crunch numbers and send it off? It's a great question, and it's a loaded question because there's a lot that goes into that. >> is. I apologize. >> No, no, no, don't apologize for good questions. I I I appreciate good questions. Um it's it's work that started from the beginning of the year, and it is ensuring that we have a walk-through calendar um and schedule in place, and that our principals are going into these classrooms regularly um and consistently. And so, at the end of each of these cycles, it's pulling those reports, looking, identifying, look at the color-coded um scale, and seeing if one campus has more accomplished, which is a four, or a lot of proficient, which is a three, um or improvement

073needed. So, being specific on the domains and ensuring that our teachers are aware of what's to look for in order to attain that. So, it's that paired with calibration walks, with pulling reports for our assessments because growth is the other half of the component, and making sure that there's alignment. So, so we're submitting in October. Yes, sir. And how soon do you get that And again, I'm just I'm asking because okay, say we we send it in Yes. and they tell us, "Wait a minute, this doesn't jive." They're going to let us know why and how we can correct it and how we can improve upon it. Maybe that's a better word. There's a brief window. There's a brief window and it depends on the validity, but the goal is to not let it get

074there. We've put a lot of parameters in place throughout the year to ensure that our data is valid and reliable. I actually was able to present at TASB based on what we've been able to Region 20 selected Creede School Springs ISD to rep- represent Region 20 in the systems that we've put in place for data capture year. We pull these reports often and they're shared often, and we communicate consistently. And the biggest piece, in my opinion, is being transparent with our teachers on how they can access these designations. >> Amen. And giving our teachers the information so they're able to determine that on their own. That's been our goal from the very beginning. We have committee meetings um every month, and we have our next one tomorrow via Zoom because that's going to help our

075attendance numbers. Ms. Garcia actually created an XL to correspond to the scorecard that I did because our principals have given us the best input and what my teachers need because they're they're boots on the ground. So, making sure that our teachers are able to make those calculations on their own and not wait because our teachers really have been the ones helping us build the system. I hope that answered your question. >> Very good. Sorry, guys. My Here's my last one. Maybe you guys are thinking of these questions. If a teacher leaves the district, are they still eligible to earn the money? That's a great question. So, I mentioned earlier that they have to be employed with us for 2 years. >> 2 years. Okay. >> the designation is not the district's, it's the teacher's. So,

076the the teacher can move and for 5 years that designation will follow them, but they have to be with us 2 years earn it. It's stamped on their um certificate. It's stamped and then what will vary though is depending on the district that they go to, that designation is tied to different funding um because if you go to Driftwood um you know, outside of Austin, their socioeconomic percentage is likely a lot smaller than ours. Yeah, it's about 5 6%. Um so, that amount will be significantly less than what they have access to here. Um hence, it being a really good resource for rural school districts um to retain and and recruit. I have have a question. Thank you. Yes, sir. You mentioned that um once you get a designation, you will you will have it

077for 5 years. Yes, sir. For example, you you got a master designation. Um regard will you be evaluated for the succeeding years or regardless of your evaluation, you will get the that designation? That's a great question. So, the master designation um is able to be renewed year after year. What's different for master is the is the highest tier. So, they will get it paid out for five. On that fourth year, that's when they their data set um their data set will be sent off every year, but they have to re-earn that master designation. If not, it falls off of their certificate. So, if you consider um our acknowledged, recognized, exemplary teachers, every year they have the potential to earn the designation higher um to to to um earn that funding, that additional funding. So, every

078year they're able to earn higher, if that makes sense. On the contrary, if you earn a recognized designation, um you have it for 5 years, right? Suppose your evaluation scores does not meet the the score that deserve the the recognized uh designation, do you still uh You still have recognized for 5 years. Yes, you're only able to move up, you will not move down. >> not move down. But they their data will be evaluated and submitted every year, and we will track it every year. And our intent is that our teachers move up um every year and that that's what they're they're aiming for. Thank you. Yes, great question, Mr. Dor. Any other questions? Yes. You answered You answered mine about the data for the electives. >> Awesome. I have one. This might be a

079shot in the dark, but with the data that we're collecting now, I know they mentioned like the report cards, can we project or can we assume that there are teachers that we have now that are already going to be at least in the recognized or the acknowledged status before we even get some of that data back. Just what we're seeing now. We can, um and we have to uh we we have to. We've We've had those considerations this entire time. I can't give you numbers yet because it is uh advised to us to not make projections or anticipations with middle of year numbers. That's the biggest thing. So, I have more insight on T-tests because that's finishing up, but it's the data and while we have a good middle of year set, that final determination

080is end of year. Um so, it's hard to project that. Um but we will have it soon. Um and and we are uh excited again to really give this offering to our teachers uh and to be able to recommend them for these designations. Thank you for the question. Yes, sir. Thank you, Dr. Rebecca. I'm sorry, Ms. Person. Not so much a question, but an observation. With with the importance of T-TESS, and I and we know our principals there's never a dull day. Is T-TESS and walk-throughs is it designated? Have we are we giving them the time to you know, I got I I need to get I need to see four teachers. I need to see five teachers. Are we designating blocking out times for them to ensure that they're getting there? T-TESS and walk-throughs

081and They have to. I mean, that's the life of the principal. Yeah, they're they have to put it in their calendar. >> the whole not the whole, but that's a big chunk of what this is all about. So, yeah, it's it's it's >> Absolutely. >> It now be not that it's not wasn't important, but now it's I mean, gone to another level, yeah. Very much so. A very high level of integrity. It's extremely important. Uh we have to have all leaders, all of our principals, assistant principals uh be very unbiased. Correct. >> biases and for you know, consciously and unconsciously, but we're called we are called to make sure we're lead we are evaluating with a very high level of integrity. Um I would like to acknowledge Thank you so much, Dr. Vercammen, that this

082has been no small undertaking. It's been a team effort. Uh the board 2 years ago in June at SLI tasked me with this, and it has been a huge uh huge undertaking. We are we're making it happen because our teachers deserve it. Uh there has been teacher voice uh throughout the whole entire time, and we're very grateful for the uh partnership with Region 20. At the very first meeting with our teachers and our principals, uh and this was at every single campus because we presented to all teachers. It wasn't just a committee. We were told We told the teachers, "We're going to hold our administrators accountable. You hold them accountable, too. If they're not going in your classroom and they're not doing the walk-throughs and they're not doing the observations, professionally call them out. Because

083our teachers deserve this and so you know, back to your question, are the principals doing it? They have no choice. It's a it's a huge Yeah, huge responsibility that they that they need to do. Um, I would like to really personally thank Dr. Dubek Galva because while it is a team effort, she has taken the lead and it is hours upon hours of I mean, if I had to calculate the hours, I'm sure it's over 100 hours of work that goes into this. I would also like to thank our principals for their leadership because again, we're learning and growing with this together, but they have had open minds and open hearts with knowing that how important this is for our for our teachers. And I want to thank the board for the board's vision, for

084the board's um push to do this because it would have been as easy to put it on the back burner, but the board brought this as a priority and I work at the pleasure of the board. So, thank you board for everything that you do as well and the part you have in making this happen. Thank you, Mrs. Pearson. Mrs. Pearson, uh are you aware of a school district that has implemented this for the past years? In our surrounding area, we're one of the we're ahead because we started last year. Some other districts are in year one right now, so they still have to do their data capture next year. So, prior yes, did it the year before us. They had their data capture, so 3 years ago, but unfortunately, their data was not accepted,

085so they have not they have not Cotulla uh Cotulla ISD is 1 year ahead of us and they got their data approved um this this past, so they're 1 year ahead of us. Yes. Yes, sir. Yeah, it'll be exciting, so we look to them for a lot of planning. A good testimony that this program is um is true. It really is. It's life-changing. And our teachers really deserve it. The profession should be valued this highly. So again, thank you for allowing us to bring this to Carrizo Springs. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. Number eight, superintendent briefing. Okay. So, we are in testing season and all of our schools had star pep rallies and other activities to get our students excited. Thank you to our families and all of our staff for that. And

086we also recognize our paraprofessionals. Thank you again to our uh uh all of our campuses for making them feel special for the part that they play. They are instrumental in what we do. Thank you to our paraprofessionals. We also had library appreciation. We have our head librarian. We have also have our librarian aides and we thank them for all of the love they put into literacy for our students and families. We have had an attendance uh competition. Many thanks to Ms. Sofia Morones for taking on the lead with this initiative. Uh we have been pushing out videos every week. Thank you to Mr. Oliverez for pushing those out and our technology. Uh there was a boat uh that Ms. Sofia led with her colleagues at the city and they picked CSI as the winner. So,

087they won $1,000 to pour towards their uh attendance incentives. And then also thanking our assistant principals. Uh we acknowledged them for the work they do for assistant principal uh week a few weeks back. And then we had our uh baseball and softball. This is in partnership with recognizing our youth, but also recognizing our partnership with the city. And then we have had our track and field. We're still in it. We had uh we went to area and we have three moving on to regional. Very proud of them of these students. We have Hunter who's moving on to golf for regionals. Very talented young man and there he is with his uh golf coach. It's your garden in it. And then we had our uh elementary school that put together a fun run. This is the

088first annual. It is to celebrate the Dia de los Niños. So really grateful for them doing that. It was a great success. We have our tennis that moved on to regionals. They did not advance, but Zach and Logan represented us well with coach Medina. And then of course our students that uh have signed to play on at the next level. We've had their signing days. Adriana Iriarte who's going to go on and do cross country at at Angelo State University and Iliana. I think I'm saying her name wrong. Elena. Elena, sorry. At the University of Texas and we had her here this evening for powerlifting and wow, what an incredible feat for not just academics, but also playing at the next level. And then we have uh these students who also received prestigious um scholarships.

089We have Jacinda Luna who got the Harlingen Foundation Scholar also to UT Austin and then we also have Audrey Vargas who received the Bold Promise Student Scholarship to cover 100% at UTSA. And these are coming out every week. We're having students that are having these accolades. And then Alexander Chapa who uh was This is a very prestigious Minnie Stevens Piper Scholarship uh and that was recognized this evening. And those are the acknowledgements of our staff and students. Oh, sorry. We have a few more. We have uh the CTE signing. We had many students who've already left us, but Victor is currently a senior and he had his CTE signing dates for technical education and to continue in that program. We're so proud of our students. And then for our bond update, we do have TWS

090Ms. Gotolina here, but just to highlight a few things. Of course, this was a couple of weeks ago, but they've installed the plumbing system, the storm edge drain system, and next is the French drain. So, the French drains were supposed to start on Monday, but due to all of the rain that we are getting that we have received and I think we're supposed to get a few more. They're pushing that back hopefully to Thursday of next week, but time will tell. They are bringing some pumps in to pump some of that standing water, so that's occurring right now. Um you have some pictures. If you move on to the next, you'll see some pictures. So, picture one is the white pipes of the plumbing and the drainage system. You can see these if you drive

091along 85. Then you have picture two, that's the drone view of the full layout. Some of the board members were able to come see this and go on to the the site and it was incredible to see how large it is. Our next planned walk is on April 30th. Photo three, you see the storm structure or storm water structure manhole, storm box being installed. And then photo four is a deep trench with rock base and storm structure. The white rock at the bottom, this is a strong base layer that helps water flow and keeps the pipes secure. And then photo five is a storm inlet box with a metal grate on top. This is where rain water will enter the system from the surface. And like I said, the next big thing is coming the

092French drains and then also the pouring of the concrete and the pouring of the concrete on your colored picture is going to start in area D. Which is the purple. That will be the first pour. And I'm kind of hoping that maybe at April 30th, um, we'll start to see the beginning of of that part with the first, uh, concrete pour. If not shortly after that. Correct. This is a great report, too. Thank you for putting this is an awesome report. Thank you. This is exactly what we're needing. >> And the board will be receiving those reports every 2 weeks. >> Excellent. Thank you. Yes, sir. Thank you. Item nine, uh, reports informational items financial briefing. Good evening. Uh, for our monthly financial report for uh, as of March 31st of 2026. We are 58.33%

093of the fiscal year, which is, uh, 7 months that have passed. The district has realized, uh, the following uh, collections and expenditures. For the general fund, we're at 92.21% of collections. Uh, expenses are at 61.74%. Net of chapter 49, I'm netting that out. Uh, for food service, we're at about 59% in collections and 55% of expenses. Interest and sinking, 98% of collections and 28% of expenses. Um, to give you the amounts there for the general fund as of August 31, 2025, our fund balance was 19,941,450. Our current revenue for 25 26 as of March is 58 million 647 381. Expenditures to date are 20 million 971 57. So, revenue over expenditures are 37 million 675 624. Our expected Chapter 41 payment is 29 million 209 505. Therefore, leaving us at the current time revenue over

094expenditures of 8 million 469 119. So, then when you roll the um forward fund balance from August 2025 to where we are now with the eight, netting out the Chapter 41 payment, that leaves us roughly at 28 million 410 569. For the food service, uh we have collected revenue of 1 million 287 021. Expenses are 1 million 184 365. So, we're currently at at a positive of 92 656. For the debt service, which are our bond payments, um collections are 10 million 125 and 18. Expenses, which are the February bond payments, 2 million 356 975, leaving us at revenue over expenditures for the current fiscal year of 7 million 768 4043. So, rolling forward our fund balance um from the previous year to where we are now in March, it's 11 million and 4,530. Of

095that, our August pay- payment uh is about 6 million 18 thousand 625. So, just FYI on that. On the next few pages, you'll see our report for the general fund. You'll see uh the the collections for the month and year to date for local, state, and federal. And so, these are the amounts that I presented just now. And then, right underneath you'll see our expenditures by function. So, instruction, library, um curriculum, and and so on and so forth. On the next page, you'll see our uh collections for revenue and expenditures for child nutrition fund. Again, for local, state, and federal. And then, the amounts that we've already advised. And then, their expenses so forth for the current month and year to date and their balance, which is the 92,656. On the following page, for our

096interest and sinking, our debt service fund, again, it's just, you know, outlining here the local revenue, the state, and then our debt service payment, which we've paid the 2,000,000 365 that I mentioned as well. On the next page, is our construction fund. So, for current uh in March, our interest was 226,384. Year to date, 2,000,000 of 2,072,113. And then, our expenses uh so far this through for this fiscal year only, 12,253,639. Okay? On the next page, you'll see the recap. So, the recap shows where we were at the end of the fiscal year as of 8/31/2025, which is our audited uh numbers. And then, right underneath that, you'll see our collections and our expenses, which currently uh net um expenses are under by 10,181, which means we've taken that from our fund balance. And so

097our projected amount now is 85 669 987. Okay? On the next page, this is a summary of our budget amendments. We do have one budget amendment that is pending board approval, which you'll see uh further down as an action item. And this is for the um library uh CSI library HVAC, which is 111,207. We are though crediting the 20,000 that was not used that was previously approved by the board for um for the fiber. And so the net the net portion that we would be requesting is 91,207. However, the the HVAC cost is 111,207. But that is a listing of our budget amendments that have been approved by the board so far. And so on the next page, I wanted to give the board an update like we usually do for our special maintenance projects.

098Back in September, the board approved emergency project budget of 200,000 at the superintendent's discretion with follow-up reporting to the board. Unless there's a change in function code, then those require board approval. And so you'll you'll see here the listing. And so if you look at that, you can see that the uh board had approved 20,000 and then I'm crediting the 20,000 for the fiber repair. And then the cost of the 111, so that currently leaves our 200,000 special project budget, if the board approves this uh by action later today, at 11,551 for the year. Yep, that's all I have at this point. Do you have any questions? I have questions, Madam President. Um just on the debt debt service fund. It says here that we another source of revenue for the debt service fund is

099the state program revenues. So, uh are we getting We have a money from the state to pay for our debt? >> very very a very small portion. So, I think it's 30,000, I believe it was. 31,510. Target is 62,000. Yeah, so I mean we based that projection on what we anticipated. So, you know, we we may or may not see the remainder of it. But, I'll look at that. That's all. Any other questions? Okay, that was for the uh border proof project for E3. Uh if you'll recall, it was 10 million of that was funded out of the construction fund. And then the border proof uh general fund maintenance tax note, which is a loan uh for 5 million. So, this is us recognizing the 5 million and that money has been collected. We have

100received it. Mhm. And so, that's uh for that project. Uh and that's uh like for example, all the the AC units at high school and junior high and then the the drainage and the flooding and all that. That big project that came to the board. It was a E3 project. Yes. So, though it's 5 million there, it came in as revenue also. So yeah. Any other Any other questions? And by the way, we've paid that out also. It came in and it went out. Thank you. Thank you. Number 10, approval of consent agenda items. Questions on the consent. On the item D and E for the grant I think this will total about 406,000. And all of them were appropriated for an IET grant, Mrs. Pearson. I remember >> Yes, sir. Correct. >> last year

101uh some of the money was was uh uh was given to the school, right? Yes, sir. The The ones that we gave as a stipend for the teachers. Yes, sir. This time we we don't get any money from this 406,000. We are still going to have some, yes sir. So um the last cycle three, we you we had to do I believe it was 60 60% 50% to a third party and so we did that with an IET is who we partnered with and then we used some of the funds for stipends for the teachers. This year with Lasso cycle four the lift grant were required to do 70% to our third and so we are planning to still do the stipends for the teachers. For the third party yes, you have to pick a

102third party so TEA has a list of the third party that you can use and then you have to select one and you have to do 70% of whatever the grant is to the third party and yes we're using all with an IET. That's the partner the third party partner. Yes, sir. The other 20 the the 30% that's left so 70% will go to an IET the other 30% we get to keep it and we put it into the personnel and we put a small percentage into instructional because we're using the IXL we have an adaptive program that we use but the other percentage when we submitted it went into the personnel so that we have the flexibility to use it for the stipends and also for the potential position that's coming to the board

103for consideration for the MTSS coordinator. Yes, sir. No other questions? Do you have a motion? Motion made by Aldoria to approve consent agenda items. Seconded by uh Oscar Morones. All in favor? I. Uh any opposed? None. Motion carries. Item 11, discussion and possible action items. Mr. Reese. Uh A, consider approval of resolution number 2026 -04 regarding the summer designated shutdown period and bad weather day closures. So, uh this resolution is to uh formally for the board to consider approving the two weeks that uh normally the district shuts down, which is the last week of June and the 4th of July week. Um It's my understanding the district has been doing that for for quite a while now, and so also when we have a bad weather day that is of uh you know, no no

104fault of our our employees, uh we would like to also be able to continue to pay them. Uh previously, I bring it to the board, but I bring it after the fact, and so not to delay payment and to stay in compliance uh with the law, we are bringing forth this uh resolution so that the board can acknowledge the compensation of employees during these district closures and authorize payment to eligible employees in in accordance with their regular pay rate during approved district closure periods, and delegating authority to the superintendent or designee to implement and administer the provisions of the resolution. Uh nothing will change as far as me still consulting with the board uh anytime there could potentially be have to be a closure due either to bad weather or any type of an emergency

105situation. This just allows us to be in compliance with having on record no disruption of pay to the employees. I have a question. So, for the summer designated shutdown, the they're still getting the same amount of days that they've gotten in the past? Correct. Yes. Yes. And for our non-exempt employees, they're considered paid holiday days during that time. Our maintenance and transportation. And that's been a long-standing very generous that the board has been doing that for many years. So, this is just for us to account for it in the resolution so that it's acknowledged of the generosity of the board and how much the board has done to support and retain our employees. Any other questions? Roger Franco. I make a motion to approve the 2026-04 regarding the closure Motion made by Oscar Morones, seconded

106by Al Doria to approve the resolution number 2026-04 regarding the summer designated shutdown period and bad weather day closures. All in favor? I. Opposed? None. Motion carries. Thank you, board. And I know our employees thank you. The board is very generous and we thank you for everything that you do to support our employees and their hard work. Their hard work never goes unnoticed. They work very hard when they're here. They always put the needs of our students and our teachers first. Thank you. B. Consider approval for the purchase of two Boostick cargo trailers in the amount in the total amount of 48,773 .50 to support district wide operations and activities. As it says there, it's to support district wide operations and activities. It's not a designated. And at this time, if you look at the

107package that was given to you, this one right here, um it tells you exactly why we need it and what we are planning on getting. Um 128-ft gooseneck cargo trailer and 136-ft gooseneck cargo trailer uh two for the 48,000 and change. And that is to supplement the two that we have right now that are quite old. One of them is a and the other one is a 2011. And so um we need these. These are cargo trailers that can be used by um anyone in the district as far as the activities, um the the athletics, the band, the uh what's it called the One Act Play, all of these to be used as such. And so what we are asking is uh for approval to go ahead and get these two. And um that way

108we can supplement what we have right now. Any questions? One question, President Frank. Yes, sir. >> And And Mario, if you can help and maybe Mr. Morona is here, too. Will Will this um I know we had quite a few conversations with regards band. Will this help band in in moving their um materials, supplies, equipment, instruments? Will Will it help? I think it'll help all the students. Okay. >> Uh regardless of what activity they uh participate in. But yes, it can feel help band. It can help athletics. It can help anybody. Uh if I understand this correctly, we you're asking for trailers for the district. Yes, sir. >> Not necessarily for No, no, no, no, exactly. No, I I I'm not certainly designating. I'm just asking I know we had conversations about getting band uh

109you know, in helping them load. Will this help alleviate maybe a little rephrase that question? >> Most definitely, sir. >> Okay. That's okay. Thank you. >> Yes, sir. It will. All right. Thank you. >> Perfect. So, this would help in the cost of them renting. They no longer will have to rent. Well, I don't know um about uh um band director renting, but this will definitely help with loading everything that they need. That's for sure. Because uh we're going to have two two 36-footers and two 28-footers. So, that's more than enough space for all of those things. Yes, sir. And this is coming from general fund? Yes, if if the board approves it, then next month we'll bring a board budget amendment for your approval. Any other questions? Um this would come from our general

110fund fund balance. So. Does that answer your question? I mean, it would not come from current budget cuz it is not currently budgeted. And do we need to make that purchase now? Or do or can we make it tied in with our next budget for the next fiscal year? >> Well, um if I may say so, um we do need them now. So, that way we can have them because it takes 11 weeks, right? 11 weeks to construct them. So, if we wait and order them later, then they won't be here in time for when the activities begin at start of the year. So, 2 months? May, June. Y- yes, sir. Are these like a special order item? On these current trailers, the lead time is 15 to 18 weeks. Um so, if they will

111start the building in, if I'm correct, in August and it will take 3 to 4 weeks after they start building them. That's the time frame. If we get put on the list, the trailers that are before us, that's when they will get to ours. Yes. And that's the reason why we're asking them for right now. How many quotes did we get? How many vendors did we look at? We got two quotes. Yes, sir. And >> went through TIPS, which is the procurement. You went through TIPS, correct? Yeah. >> Yes. Yes. Which is a procurement. And so, um Ms. Diaz, I don't know if you want to talk about the procurement through TIPS and how that works because they are they bid out to numerous. If you want to talk about that. Right. So, we are

112members of TIPS, so that just means that the procurement uh has already been met, but even with that in mind, they did get two quotes to, you know, to compare. So, so Can you talk about the procurement when we're part of cooperative what that entire what that entails about their process. >> right. So, TIPS actually they put out the bids and they they are the ones that are awarded to the various vendors. So, these vendors have already been vetted. They already have met the procurement. So, for competitive procurement purposes, we we've already done that that piece has already been met. But, they they still have already above and beyond they still went ahead and got two two quotes. So, I hope that is What is what is what like what is is there a normal

113number of quotes that we get whenever you're looking to make any kind of purchase? Regardless if it's coming from that they're already doing the Right. So, the minimum the minimum is if you're going through BuyBoard, you really only need one. But, we always want to look to see if there's anything that we can get above and beyond or maybe even better, especially with a large purchase. And so, they they did look for the the two quotes in this case. But, there's not a minimum requirement. Now, if they were not BuyBoard, then depending on the price and depending on the level of of the purchase amount, then we have a policy that says, you know, how many we should get. But, right now with this it already meets the procurement requirement and they went above and

114beyond and got two quotes, also. Also, um just just uh for FYI, if you look at the at the at the two um prices, we're getting the 36-footer for the same price as a 28-footer. So, that's one thing that really really helped because they didn't they didn't go over because the other one was longer than than the other one. So, they gave us both for the same price. That's why it's under 50,000. I'm just curious, what was the original price? Do you know? Well, or a ballpark? We can We only get the price from the co-op. Yes. Yes, we don't Yes, sir. I'm just happy that they did that because that saves us a lot of money. The 30-footers run about at least anywhere from maybe 30 2,000 to 35,000. Yes, sir. Cuz we saw

115those through. Would we retire any of the older trailers or would we those are still good to be in cycle? No. No, those will not be retired. Those will be upgraded. Okay. So, that way we can get those in order also. We already have a plan in place for that. Okay. I know one is a little older and one is a little newer. Um Yes, sir. that older one is is it It's actually It's actually in pretty good condition for being a '98. And um it doesn't It does require some um some maintenance, but it's something that can be done and it will be it will be um road ready? >> Really good road worthy. Yes, sir. It's safe. And that's the main thing. We want to make sure that both of those older ones

116are safe. Any other questions? If you um if you go to the last page on that package we gave you, that's a picture of um of one of them, the 36-footer. Also, the 36-footer is a three-axle axle trailer, and the other one is a two-axle trailer. So, the the 36-footer can carry heavier loads on there. Does the other one look like this one It's going to look like this one enclosed all like that? >> Yes. Yes, they're both enclosed. Yes, ma'am. As far as the trucks that we currently have, are we going to need any special accommodations to pull these, or what we got on fleet is good? The trucks that we have? Yes, sir. No, we have the trucks to pull it. >> pull Okay. Yes. The 350s and the 250s that you bought

117last year. Yes. If there's no other questions, I'd like to make a motion to approve the purchasing of the two trailers. I have a motion by Wilmer Cruz. Seconded by Noe Zarate to approve the purchase of the two gooseneck cargo trailers in the total amount of 48,773.50 to support district-wide operations and activities. All in favor? Aye. >> Aye. Opposed? None. Motion carries. Thank you very much. I do appreciate that very much. And the students will also. Thank you. Thank you. See approve uh where are Consider approval to purchase a 2026 Chevrolet Suburban for special education transportation in the amount of 63,150. This one. On this one, um we are asking for this uh for the special ed students. We have run into some uh problems with the older Suburbans that we have and um it's

118causing some um some concerns with the people that take them and go drop them off because they have to be able to hold the uh car seats and then one of them, the one that they use uh well, got broken from the from the seat itself. And a special ed student had to climb over. Now, the reason that uh that the others are not used because those are usually the ones that they take out to travel. And so, they use Yes, Suburban 2. And that's an older one, too. So, we're asking for this and uh it's a $63,150. And the thing is that uh this is a a really good price. This is where you got the ones that you just bought from Caldwell. And they're the same ones that that gave you a good

119price on the other ones and they're actually giving us a good price on this one, too. Okay, and they send us this. So, it's um it's going to be designated and Miss um Hudiegas and I have already talked about that. Uh about the Suburban and and honestly, it it would be good for the special ed students to have it there and not have to wait or we have to kind of start juggling the the Suburbans around and for them. And the other thing is that they have to have the car seats. And so, the car seats have to stay on there. Because they're not take them off, put them back, take them off, put them back. And uh that that's not uh good for anybody. So, this is the reason why we're asking for this

120one. I know you just bought some some trucks last year. But but this is something that I'm asking for those students. Mhm. Okay? It's it's it's not for us, it's not for travel, it's for those students. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Oh, yes. Designated for special education. Yes, sir. I'll just say that when we bring this back to the board, if you approve it, uh we will pay for it out of um the special ed designated funds as well, which will help us be in compliance with our spending maintenance of effort. Yes, thank you. Yes, sir. My question is the same. How many quotes were you able to get to compare? We got two quotes, also. But, uh the other quote, um I don't know if it's there with you, it's for $73,800. So, that's that's $10,000

121less with this other one. Okay. And so, this is why we are proposing this one. With the same with the same I'm sorry. With the same uh features that you wanted? Well, uh the features that we wanted are on the one that we're proposing. The the one for 73,000 has extra features that we really don't don't need on there. Okay. We just need something that is safe, that that is the same as the ones that we have there, and that will do the job correctly. Does this one have everything the students need? Yes, sir, it does. Right here. All of it, cuz we made sure that we included all of that when we asked for the bids. President Franco, this this is for us up here. Do we need to revise the language under supporting

122documents? Read the line there. Unless I'm looking at the wrong. I'll let you guys read it. Under supporting documents. On the actual page, on this page, I'm showing you. With Was that revised already? No, no, I'm not worried about the amount. I'm talking about the language. Read Read the Read the very first sentence under supporting documents. Quotes and specifications. I'll let you guys read that. I don't want to say it. That language. I know that was a big topic of discussion last week, Ms. Pearson. Okay. Okay. I will I'll let I'll let you all Okay. Do you see that? Okay, I know but I don't I don't know. That was a caused some That caused some excitement last week, though. Okay. Okay. Just Just for the record, ma'am. Okay. That was all. So So the

123question So by by purchasing this one, then you will not have to use the other old and the other new Suburban that were purchased. And again, safety is priority in this for those children. I'm going to make the motion to approve the purchasing of the vehicle for the special ed. Second. Motion made by Wilbur Cardoza, seconded by Oscar Morones to approve to purchase a 2026 Chevrolet Suburban for special education transportation in the amount of $63,150. All in favor? I. Opposed? None. Motion carries. Thank you very much. I do appreciate this and the children also appreciate it. Thank you, sir. D. Consider approval for a new HVAC unit for Carrizo Springs Intermediate Library for $111,207 and approval of the accompanying budget amendment for special maintenance project budget. So, uh I know Mr. Mario and Mr. Jesse

124are here, but uh I would like to say that our HVAC uh technicians Roy and Os- uh Oscar do not really ever ask for anything. They are They are very humble. They are very hard-working. They They do what they can do with what they have. They recycle parts. Um and this is one that they have been recycling for years. And so, uh what what has been They have been for years doing is replacing the compressor and the coils back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Each one of those can be anywhere between 10 to 15 $20,000. So, if you think about it, if we would have maybe been proactive a few years ago, we would already had the cost of the unit. So, I am very proud of them for voicing up and

125saying, "Ms. Pearson, there is a good good chance that if we buy this part, this other one is going to break. Together, it's about 40,000. And it could last or not last. And we'll just have to do it again." And so, their strong recommendation was to replace the unit. We still are at that campus for another year. It's our library, which obviously holds books. And so, the moisture, you know, is is not good. It's been functioning with half a unit this year. And so, um we did quote this through E3, who is doing our other projects. And for that uh reason was because of the age of the unit in the roof. E3 guarantees their work with turnkey, and therefore if there's any surprises, then there's no additional cost. This is the cost and not

126any more. And it is for a 20-ton uh unit. But, anything else, Mr. uh Reese, that your Srizales would like to add or any questions the board has? >> Well, again, because just replacing parts, and because that's an older unit, the parts are harder to find. And with uh the HVAC um crew has to call and then the company that they get it from has to go and look for them and then get them there so they add that cost to the part itself. And so it's it's it's just kind of nickel and dime us to death here and this is why, like I said, they are also asking just replace it and it'll be working, it'll be turnkey, we don't have to do anything to it or anything like that so that's that's the

127reason why but they have been working on that one for a while. When it goes out, they go back up there, they do whatever they can and then it goes but generally it only works at 50%. It doesn't work at 100% because the other it's got two compressors, correct, sir? parts if you got to coincide with the old parts. Yes, so you do the pressure of the new part. I know it's the same but because of the leaking it just it's a constant going money and money. >> Yes, yes. It's not I don't think it's feasible to keep on doing that. Correct. Correct. Cuz like uh Mr. Pearson said, we're talking about the coil about 13,000, compressor is running about 10, 20. >> Yes. So it's it's uh it's a pretty good money. Yes, yes.

128And it's no doubt people who are saying that money. old parts They're taking this home from the new ones. Yes. So this one did we look at different quotes as well for Uh no, this is the one that I'm sorry. This is the one that we got the quote from the E3. >> E3 They they are cooperative. We've we've already worked with them as you've seen before. Also also to add that currently this would come from within the special maintenance budget, so it would not come necessarily from fund balance. It's already from our our balance. We still have enough in there to be able to cover this from that portion if the board approves. I did talk to Sunbelt out of Eagle Pass, which is who E3 is using, and I did get ask them

129how much would we save if they just did the work themselves. And they said it would be, you know, maybe 10 to 50%, but it's non-turnkey. So, if there's anything that they encounter as far as issues, then it would be additional cost. And so, I asked their recommendation, and they said, you know, E3 guarantees their work, and I think you're making a good decision. So. So, Sunbelt does not guarantee any work, is that what you're saying? >> No, they do, but not turnkey. So, for example, like if they came in and they discovered like that they needed to put new sealants. Like everything we've discovered with this job where I mean, I don't know if you want to talk to a few of those things, Mario, of all of the challenges with our old units

130that E3 has paid for that are above and beyond just the HVAC units. I don't know all the terminology of all the parts, but if you can talk about the sealant and the regulate the generator and all that. the ceiling. They added that at their cost. They also worked on the uh Yes, the gas regulators. They also work on the gas regulator, and they also changed those out at their cost. It wasn't a cost to us. So, they're actually going way above above what was originally So, that's what I mean, like any of the other stuff that comes up that is damaged, if whether it be the seals, whether it be the pipes, whether it be the generator, then they they will absorb that cost. And because these are such old units small things on

131the side. Yeah. I mean, they've been very It's been very costly. They can probably give us an of what it's been for the others, but because these are older buildings and older roofs, it's just helps guarantee the cost not go above this. Yes. It does require some sealant around because of the roofs being the way they are. And especially the one in the in the library at CSI. That's the one that's always wet toward the back. And and that's generally where the AC is is located. So, yes. But they gave us that and they said it would be turnkey. Which to me means as soon as they finish, it's done. It's working. We don't have to worry about anything under. I'm just curious what the what was the quote from Sunbelt though anyway? The difference

132to compare. Compare their with their quote versus E3. >> E3. Just to know. I didn't get a paper quote. It was just a phone call. Sunbelt. The only other positive to working with E3, they're already here working on the other buildings, the junior high and the high school. So, that would save on housing for anybody else to come at a later date. And they're still going to probably be here let's say another month and a half. So, if it does get approved, it would save on housing on coming from out of town in that cost for that sense. Any President Franco question? Yes, sir. Just questions that came up when when you guys were mentioning parts. So, say if if this is approved, are the are the parts that have been replaced, can those be

133sold? Yes, sir. Those those can be used or sold. They can be used with the other ones. Ah. Because what we have been doing at the at the CSE and here well the H back crew and Okay. I'm there. Uh they have been using cannibalizing some of the other ones that are completely not working. So we can put them to use. Yes. >> Okay. Yes. Everything's being put to use. This is why we we haven't asked for a lot because they're using Right. >> other parts >> Right. from other or trying to save as much as we can and trying to use what we have. And so that's why. But yes, that's uh That's a question Okay. that I've been asked before. >> And I saw that the timeline there if if if this is

134approved this evening um prob- June? Somewhere around that that time. Yes, sir. Depending on whether like everything else. Yes. And Ms. Diaz, you mentioned it already been it's Okay, I see it now. It's been worked into the to the maintenance. Yeah, we still had enough in our special maintenance project Okay. and and it would leave us 11,000 I believe it was. Yeah. So I I have a question. Oh, thanks. Thank you. Uh Ms. Diaz, instead of using the the special maintenance budget which is still part of the general fund, right? Yes, it is still part of the general fund. >> Why why don't we use the bond money? We we did it before. We replaced H back for the high school and for the uh junior high so we we can use the the bond.

135You you certainly could. I I mean I think we could. We can still use the bond money for the for the trailers. Yeah, I I think we were wanting to kind of like pause our expenditures until construction is done and then re-evaluate to see you know at at that point. As much as possible we don't want to use the general fund. Those are for emergency uh expenses. And those are allowable, Mr. Doria? I think so. We We We did it. It's back. And the trailers? Yeah, we we we purchased the bus on the white fleet using the bond money, so I think we can do it. Well, because that was stated in the bond. Mr. Doria, yeah. He's correct. We did check that with our bond council and it and is allowable. Um So, yes,

136we can evaluate that. We can evaluate that, board. It does not get me evaluated, Ms. Diaz. It does not pass with audit, then we So, on this item, if they the way they act on it, if they don't want to approve the amendment at this moment, they could do that. Correct. We Mr. Doria, Ms. Diaz, and I can evaluate it and then when we bring the budget amendments next month, if the board moves to action on these, we can let you know if if we can take it out of the construction cost. That's no problem. If you If you want to move forward and then we can let you know if it's coming out of construction or if it's coming out of general fund when we bring the budget amendments. But, Mr. Doria's correct, they

137are allowable out of the construction bond 2023. If we pay out of the emergency fund, can we just reimburse ourselves back with the bond bond money? We can as in the same fiscal year. We can move it. We can do a budget amendment. Yes. So, like in August before we close the books and we have a better final kind of cost, we can re- we can re-budget it. Yeah, the way we the way we did the previous as an action item for the vehicles. We We did that already before, so we could definitely do that. Yeah. Yes, and we're continuing to earn interest. Yeah. What do you mean? You mean we use we use the maintenance money and then reimburse it? Correct. Yeah. But we'll look at it. We'll look at it and if we

138feel like we're we are comfortable when we analyze it and we're comfortable to bring it at a budget amendment for added to construction funds, then we will we will do that. If not, if we feel like we want to wait a little bit closer to August cuz we have a few more months, then we can do what Mr. Cruz recommended, which is then move it at that time. But we'll do a full analysis of our expenditures right now and we'll bring it back to the board. But if you do that, you cannot move the interest earned by the by the bond money to the general fund. No, we can't. Not in not at the I&S. The I&S stays in the I&S and the M&O stays in the M&O. I think we we can use the

139the bond money. Just don't touch the general fund. They were touching the school money. GoFundMe Any more questions? President Franco If there are any more questions, I'd like to make a motion. Motion. To approve the new HVAC unit for Cruces Springs Intermediate Library for the amount of 111,207 and approval of the accompanying budget amended by special maintenance project budget. Motion made by Oscar Morones, seconded by Noe Zarate to approve of the new HVAC unit for Carrizo Springs Intermediate Library for 11,207 and approval of the accompanying budget amendment from special maintenance project budget. All in favor? I. Opposed? None. Motion carries. Thank you so very much, board. You've been very generous. Thank you. Thank you. E. Consider approval of RFP 471-261-011633, category two E-rate contract with Flex Al Systems, Inc. the new CSI and new CSE.

140Good evening, Madam President. I want Anita Franco and the trustees. So, what you have there is basically the approval of the contract and winning bidder is the Flex Al. So, Carrizo Springs CISD went out for bid in partnership with Region 12 and with the FCC. So, basically, Region 12 handles our E-rate processes. So, they follow strict regulations from there and then um on that, we got six bidders on those. And then, basically, what you have over there is the code for the winning bid, which is the Flex Al Systems, Inc. And so, if you're asking like how we got the like criteria for the for the like who won the bid, it's basically uh 30% of the price of eligible services, um 10% is reputation of vendor, 10% quality of vendors uh service product, 20%

141is basically I mean score is basically service product meets school needs. 25% is past relationship with vendor and 5% is total long-term cost, which totals to 100%. So, basically we did Our recommendation is to like approve the Flex Systems Inc. for our networking equipment for the two campuses, which is the C's new CSE and new CSI. Any questions? This will be charged for the soft cost, right? Yes. Board, I'm not sure if you have any questions, but while you're thinking about that, I want to thank Mr. Jerry and for all of his work with the e-rate. It It is a lot of undertaking to understand how e-rate works, which is money that basically is given to us by the state and it's in to support technology across the district. We have to apply for it

142and Jerry was very proactive in working with Region 12 because there's a lot of legalities in maintaining compliance with it and Jerry worked really very well with his team and with understanding all of the e-rate and with Miss Anna Diaz as well to get us this money because it's about 500,000 or so that we're getting and then we have to pay about 15% of it of that amount. We don't have that amount yet, that's why we said this This just to approve the the contract with this vendor. Uh but I thank you so much. And Jerry did a really good job of picking someone that already uses because uh each category is different. So, there's category one, category two, and I believe there's a category three, right? >> is the the the upcoming, the cybersecurity.

143They're going once you put in place. And so, this one was the switches and some of the other uh wireless access point equipment and battery backup. And so, Jerry uh when they went through the criteria and the team, they picked someone who is already uh using the same similar things that we're accustomed to as far as the switches and what we want to put in our new schools. So, very well done. Thank you. >> Do I have a motion? Madam President, I'd like to make a motion to approve RFP 471-261011633, category two, E-rate contract with uh Flex I.T. Systems Inc. for networking equipment and battery backups for new CSI and new CSE. Second. Second. Motion made by Aldoria, seconded by Noe Zarate, to approve of RFP 471-261011633, category two, E-rate contract with Flex I.T. Systems

144Inc. for network equipment and battery backups for the new CSI and new CSE. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed? None. Motion carries. Thank you so much for your help. Thank you. Executive session discussion authorized by Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code 551.001, A 551.074, personnel matters, discussion of resignations, retirements, leave of leaves of absence, reassignments, new employment, new personnel position, duties, responsibilities of employees. A. Consider approval of the following positions for the 2026-2027 school year. Dual credit CCMR specialist, MTSS coordinator, behavior support paraprofessional, and B. Consider the superintendent's recommendation for CSISD JROTC Army instructor. Time is 8:26. We are now in executive session. >> Mhm. >> executive session. Possible action in open session for executive session items. Do you have a motion? Madam President, if there are no other questions, I motion to approve

145the items that were covered as written in the executive session. Motion made by Noe Zarate to approve the items discussed in executive session. Do I have a second? Seconded by Aldoria. All in favor? I. Opposed? None. Motion carries. Adjourn? Motion made by Wilburg Ruiz, seconded by Oscar Morones to adjourn. All in favor? I. >> I. We are adjourned. Time is 10:12.